1845 TITLE IV. JUDICIARY DEPARTMENT. ARTICLES 62, 81, 126, 128
ART. 62. The judicial power shall be vested in a Supreme Court, in District Courts, and in Justices of the Peace.
ART. 81. The jurisdiction of Justices of the Peace shall never exceed, in civil cases, the sum of one hundred dollars, exclusive of interest, subject to appeal to the District Court in such cases as shall be provided for by law. They shall be elected by the qualified voters of each parish, for the term of two years, and shall have such criminal jurisdiction as shall be provided for by law.
ART. 126. No person shall hold or exercise, at the same time, more than one civil office of emolument, except that of Justice of the Peace.
ART. 128. The citizens of the city of New Orleans shall have the right of appointing the several public officers necessary thr the administration of the police of the said city, pursuant to the mode odelections which shall be prescribed by the Legislature: Provided, that the Mayor and Recorders shall be ineligible to a seat in the General Assembly; and the Mayor, Recorders, and Aldermen shall be commissioned by the Governor as Justices of the Peace, and the Legislature may vest in them such criminal jurisdiction as may be necessary for the punishment of minor crimes and offences, and as the police and good order of said city may require.
